BORN BALLYASDARE, IRELAND 1898. SON OF ARTHUR LEYLAND (1882-1929) AND ELEANOR TIGHE (1875-1950), OF 38, NEWSTEAD STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE RESIDED AT BARNARD CASTLE, DURHAM. ENLISTED AT BARNARD CASTLE. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, T.R./5/40142, 32ND NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. TRANSFERRED AS DRIVER, 11TH ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 18/08/1917, AGED 19. BURIED IN BELGIUM.
LISTED AS DEAD IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER ARTHUR
NB: JOHN HENRY LEYLAND, RNR – 5 SOVEREIGN PLACE, WILLIAM ST. ARTHUR LEYLAND, ROYAL NAVY – 17 WEST STREET, HULL ; THOMAS LEYLAND – 82 ETON STREET, HULL
First name:
JOHN THOMAS S
Military Number:
186674
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
18/08/1917
Place died:
Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
19
8, WINTERS ALLEY, LAND OF GREEN GINGER, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
